Overview
- Kate Loweth marked her 50th birthday with a solo cruise to Norway after her family’s schedules kept them from joining.
- She added solo time in Amsterdam, took a RIB ride through the fjords near Skjolden, booked a floating sauna in Leirvik, and unwound daily in a child-free hydrotherapy lounge.
- A second author sailed alone after her children returned to college on a large Royal Caribbean ship, finding confidence in brief conversations and choosing a table for one.
- Both writers reported that traveling without their families felt restorative rather than isolating and let them set their own pace and priorities.
- Each said she would cruise solo again and framed the experience as a way to model independence and trying new things for their children.